Profiles in "Philosophy of Science" Expertise Area

  • Nadesan teaches courses that look at risk and crisis communications, bio-ethics, economic and corporate communication, propaganda and online social advocacy, and interpretive and critical methods.
  • Laubichler is a complex systems scientist, theoretical biologist and historian of science. He is director of the School of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Decision Theater at ASU.
  • Armendt is a philosopher who works on rational decision making and the epistemology of rational belief. He also works on causality, and on patterns of social interaction among individuals.
  • ​Kobes is interested in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and the philosophy of cognitive science.
  • Maienschein explores the history and philosophy of development and cell biology, exploring ways that biology, bioethics and bio-policy play out in society, with an emphasis on effective communication.
  • Ron’s research focuses around two central themes: the political and normative dimensions of the history of political economy, and the democratic theory of the public sphere.
  • Pinillos is faculty head for philosophy. He works on experimental philosophy, cognitive science, epistemology, and the philosophy of language. He is currently leading the creation of the AI and Ethics majors at ASU.
  • Jason Robert is Dean's Distinguished (Associate) Professor in the Life Sciences.
  • Johnson's areas of expertise include philosophy of science, animal behavior, conservation ecology, sexual cannibalism and conflict in arthropods, black widow spiders.
  • NAI Fellow; Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and Biomedical Engineering; 100+ publications; 40 patents; received several awards.